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At the dawn of creation who sowed the seeds of love
From a strong passion, of breeze and moonlight they came
So in this world of sweet longing so in this world of sweet longing
So in this world of sweet longing so in this world of sweet longing
On a day of distress, in an hour of loneliness
Fain would I impart my senseless grief, my senseless grief
By singing this
By singing this
Singing this dream of red mansions
To mourn the gold and the jade
To mourn the gold and the jade...
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Transience Of Life
04:28
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At the height of her honor and splendor
Death comes for her
Death comes open-eyed
She had to leave everything behind
As her gentle soul
Passes away
So far her home
Beyond the distant mountains
That in a dream
She finds and tells her parents
Your child has gone now
To the yellow spring
You must find a retreat
Before it's too late
As her gentle soul
Passes away
So far her home
Beyond the distant mountains
As her gentle soul
Passes away
Away, Away, Away, Away
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Vain Longing
05:02
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One is an immortal flower of fairy land
The other fair flawless jade
And were it not predestined
Why should they meet again in this existence?
Yet if predestined, predestined
Why does their love come to nothing?
One sighs to no purpose
Why does their love come to nothing?
The other yearns in vain
One is the moon reflected in the water
The other but a flower in the mirror
How many tears fall from her eyes
Can they flow from autumn to winter
How many tears fall from her eyes
Can they flow from spring to summer
Autumn to winter, spring to summer
Autumn to winter, spring to summer
Why does their love come to nothing?
One sighs to no purpose
Why does their love come to nothing?
The other yearns in vain
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Spurned By The World
04:00
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By nature
Fair as an orchid
With talents to match an immortal
Yet so eccentric all marvel at her
To her rich food stinks
Silken raiment is vulgar and loathsome
She knows not superiority fosters hatred
For the world despises too much purity
By the dim light of an old shrine
She will fade away
Her powder and red chamber
Her youth and beauty wasted
To end despite herself
Defiled on the dusty road
Even as flawless white jade
Dropped in the mud
In vain young scions of noble houses will sigh for her
In vain young scions of noble houses will sigh for her
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Three thousand li
She must sail through wind and rain
Giving up her home
And her own flesh and blood
But afraid to distress their declining years in tears
She tells her parents don't grieve for your child
From of old good luck and bad
Partings and reunions decreed by fate
Although from now on we'll dwell far a part
Let us still live at peace
Don't worry about
Your unworthy daughter
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Afraid of imperfection
She tip toes
Under a stranger’s roof
Sick with insecurities
She doesn’t dare claim a place
An uninvited guest
She accepts her fate
I’m doomed to be inferior
But I lack the gift of obedience
People say
I am foolish to bury
These fallen flowers
But who knows
When the time comes
Who will bury me
When the time comes
When the time comes
The shadow of a crane
Travels over frozen pond
She buries the soul of her poetry
Under a cold cold moon
Buries the soul of her poetry
Under a cold cold moon
As the coughing clouds roll in, roll in
Betrothed to the coughing clouds
As the coughing clouds roll in, roll in
Betrothed to the coughing clouds
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7. |
Sorrow Amidst Joy
04:03
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This is the common fate
Of mortal man
Useless it is to repine
This is the common fate
Of mortal man
Useless
It is to to repine
She's still in her cradle
When her parents die
Although living in luxury
Who will dote on her
Happily she's born too courageous
To take a love affair to heart
Like bright moon and fresh breeze
In a hall of jade
She's matched with handsome husband
May she live with him for long years to make up for her wretched childhood
But over Gaotang Tower
The clouds disperse
The river Xiang runs dry
This is the common fate of mortal man
Useless useless it is to repine
Useless of mortal man
Useless it is to repine
Useless
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A Life Misspent
05:19
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Well matched all say the gold and the jade
I alone recall the pledge between plant and stone
Vainly facing the hermit in snow-clad hills
I forget not the fairy in long woods beyond the world
I sigh learning that no man's happiness is complete
I sigh
I sigh learning that no man's happiness is complete
I sigh
Even a pair thought well-matched may find disappointment
Well matched all say the gold and the jade
I alone recall the pledge between plant and stone
Vainly facing the hermit in sparkling hills
I forget not the fairy in Long Woods beyond the world
I sigh learning that no man's happiness is complete
I sigh
I sigh learning that no man's happiness is complete
I sigh
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Union Of Enemies
03:32
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A mountain wolf
A Savage ruthless Beast
Mindless of past obligations
Gives himself up to Pride
Luxury and license
Holding cheap the charms of a noble families daughter
Trampling on the Precious Child
Of a ducal Mansion
Alas, alas
In less than a year
Her Sweet Soul Fades away
Alas, alas in less than a year
Her Sweet Soul Fades away
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Time marches on
Time stands still
Time on my hands
Time to kill
Blood on my hands
And my hands in the till
Down at the seven-eleven
Gentle rain
Falls on me
All life folds back
Into the sea
We contemplate eternity
Beneath the vast indifference of heaven
The past seems realer than the present to me now
I've got memories to last me
When the sky is gray
The way it is today
I remember the times when I was happy
Same old sun
Same old moon
It's the same old story
Same old tune
They all say
Someday soon
My sins will all be forgiven
Gentle rain
Falls on me
All life folds back
Into the sea
We contemplate eternity
Beneath the vast indifference of heaven
They say "Everything's all right"
They say "Better days are near"
They tell us "These are the good times"
But they don't live around here
Billy and Christie don't
Bruce and Patti don't
They don't live around here
I had a girl
Now she's gone
She left town
Town burned down
Nothing left
But the sound
Of the front door closing forever
Gentle rain
Falls on me
All life folds back
Into the sea
We contemplate eternity
Beneath the vast indifference of heaven
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While foolish lovers forfeit
Their lives for nothing
Foolish lovers forfeit
Their lives for nothing
When the seed is gone
The birds scatter to the wood
When the seed is gone
The birds scatter to the wood
All that's left is emptiness
And a great void
Those that see through the world
Escape from the world
That see through the world
All that's left is emptiness
And a great void
Those that see through the world
Escape from the world
That see through the world
Those that see through the world
Through the world
From the world
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Elysian Fields New York
Jennifer Charles and Oren Bloedow are the writers who make up the critically acclaimed New York band. Cult status, cosmic appeal, since 1995
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